FIRE AT NEW PLYMOUTH.
BOYS' HIGH SCHOOL .DESTROYED. (Per Press Association.) NEW PLYMOUTH, August 21. A fire at the Boys High School at four o'clock this morning resulted in the destruction of the greater part of the class rooms and gymnasium. The head master's residence had a narrow escape but mas saved, and so also was the boarding house block. A gale was blowing and this made the brigade's task difficult. The insurance was £I7OO. Thero is little salvage, the buildings and furni ; ture being almost a total loss, the gymnasium wholly so. The board's logs is barely half cover6d' ' ' ' •
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North Otago Times, Volume CIII, Issue 13653, 22 August 1916, Page 4
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100FIRE AT NEW PLYMOUTH. North Otago Times, Volume CIII, Issue 13653, 22 August 1916, Page 4
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